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Trudeau moves to unwind Harper’s rollback of Canada’s environmental protection legislation

Posted on June 29, 2016 by manningenvironmentallaw

In 2012, the Harper government made a series of draconian changes to Canada’s  environmental protection legislation, not least the rules on federal environmental assessment and those dealing with the review of pipeline applications by the National Energy Board (NEB). In January … Continue reading →

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Trudeau Government Introduces Interim Measures for NEB Pipeline Hearings

Posted on January 29, 2016 by manningenvironmentallaw

We reported yesterday that the federal Government of Canada has introduced five principles that will guide its decision-making on major natural resource projects, while it undertakes a review of environmental assessment processes. Building on those principles, the government has announced interim measures for … Continue reading →

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Trudeau Government Announces Interim Environmental Assessment Regime

Posted on January 28, 2016 by manningenvironmentallaw

In a series of posts in 2012, we commented on the rollback of environmental protection implemented by the Harper Government’s federal Omnibus Budget Bill C-38, which included a recasting of the federal environmental assessment regime, the pipeline approval process and … Continue reading →

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